Here you can find the source of escape(String s)
static String escape(String s)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j a v a 2s . c o m * Copyright 2012-2015 JetBrains s.r.o * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class Main { static final List<Character> SPECIAL_CHARS = Arrays.asList('\"', '\\', '/', '\b', '\f', '\n', '\r', '\t'); static final List<String> ESCAPED_SPECIAL_CHARS = Arrays.asList("\\\"", "\\\\", "\\/", "\\b", "\\f", "\\n", "\\r", "\\t"); static String escape(String s) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if (SPECIAL_CHARS.contains(c)) { builder.append(ESCAPED_SPECIAL_CHARS.get(SPECIAL_CHARS.indexOf(c))); } else { builder.append(c); } } return builder.toString(); } }